¹² He will raise a banner^(Q) for the nations
    and gather^(R) the exiles of Israel;^(S)
he will assemble the scattered people^(T) of Judah
    from the four quarters of the earth.^(U)
13 Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
    and Judah’s enemies^[c] will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
    nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.^(V)
14 They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia^(W) to the west;
    together they will plunder the people to the east.^(X)
They will subdue Edom^(Y) and Moab,^(Z)
    and the Ammonites^(AA) will be subject to them.^(AB)
15 The Lord will dry up^(AC)
    the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind^(AD) he will sweep his hand^(AE)
    over the Euphrates River.^(AF)
He will break it up into seven streams
    so that anyone can cross over in sandals.^(AG)
16 There will be a highway^(AH) for the remnant^(AI) of his people
    that is left from Assyria,^(AJ)
as there was for Israel
    when they came up from Egypt.^(AK)